Reasons behind India's recent success in World Hockey

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Re: Reasons behind India’s recent success in World Hockey

@Mostar95

If Sohail and Shahbaz were with the teams of the late 70s and early 80s or that team was in their era - could you imagine what records Pakistan would have set in World Hockey!!!

I was in the stadium to watch this match alas Pakistan lost eventually! That was the record of crowd to watch a hockey world cup final. I met late Christopher More of Daily Telegraph then who gave me a his book “Autumn Gold”!

Great

Although Manzoor Sr. was good defensively back in those days, Pakistan did not have a clean penalty corner hitter. The delivery from Samiullah was perfect but *maarna tau door ki baat, gaind cleanly nahin rukti thi!! … *so penalty corner was often disallowed by the referee!

One cannot also underestimate the vital role played by Akhtar Rasool (captain). Centre Half is crucial to any forward moves and is also the 1st line of defence against attacking players..